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October 24, 2017

comedy musical, comedy shows, jesse elias, los angeles, los feliz, musical, ron lynch, steve allen theater

Jesse Elias is a great stand-up comedian that you might have seen on Kimmel a couple of years ago. He also has a hidden talent for singing and has been known to break out into excerpts from musicals during shows.

Well, that hidden talent will get a light shined on it this Thursday as Jesse will be performing a “musical”.

This will also be one of the last performances to be held at Trepany House at The Steve Allen Theater by the way in case you needed another reason to go.

Tickets are $12 and you can (and really should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 23, 2017

comedy show, fairfax, hollywood improv, los angeles, melrose, stand up, todd glass, weho

When Todd Glass is offering up an intimate evening, you ought to know that every detail of the room, show, and overall experience will be lovingly tended to by Todd, not to mention that it will be wild, wonderful ride of Glass’ comedy accompanied by a classy live band.

Tickets for this run at The Hollywood Improv’s Lab are $10 and you can and really, really should get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 22, 2017

comedy shows, fundraiser, los angeles

Tickets are STILL available for our 7 Year Anniversary/”Staff” Fundraiser tonight.

Get them while you still can here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-comedy-bureaus-7th-anniversary-show-and-fundraiser-tickets-38546826596

October 22, 2017

burbank, comedy central, comedy show, jim jefferies show, los angeles, stand up, writers

Many of the writers of The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central are stand-ups that deserve your attention and, this Monday, they’ll all be on one show together at Flappers in Burbank.

This includes:
Kevin Avery
Subhah Agarwal
Curtis Cook
Matt Kirshen
JJ Whitehead
Forrest Shaw

Get your tickets here (keep in mind that’s there’s a 2 item minimum at Flappers Burbank)

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Our 7 Year Anniversary/”Staff” Fundraiser Is Tomorrow!

October 21, 2017

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From what we hear around the “office”, this should be a really good time. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-comedy-bureaus-7th-anniversary-show-and-fundraiser-tickets-38546826596

Posters by Jenny Chalikian and Jenn Scott respectively.

Wanna Go to Next Week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen for Free? Enter to Win Tickets!

October 20, 2017

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We have Hot Tub tickets and you want ‘em, so enter to win a pair for next week’s show (as well as Neil Hamburger 10 Yr. Anniversary and Schtick or Treat) here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

October 20, 2017

comedy show, dave attell, irvine, los angeles, orange county, stand up

Dave Attell is coming to town, specifically Irvine. There are four shows over two nights as follows:
11/3: 7:30PM & 9:45PM
11/4: 7PM & 9:30PM

Get your tickets here as soon as you can as they will sell out.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Win Tickets to 10th Annual Schtick or Treat

October 19, 2017

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Every year, some of the best comedians in town get into the Halloween spirit a bit by dressing up and performing as some of the most renowned comedians for our favorite comedy Halloween tradition, Schtick or Treat.

Created 10 years ago by Mark Normand and Matt Ruby, this year’s Schtick or Treat will return to The Virgil will have at least 45 acts “including” Natasha Leggero, Louis CK, Dennis Leary, Pete Holmes, Maria Bamford, Ricky Gervais, Iliza Schlessinger, Norm MacDonald, Ron White, Wanda Sykes, Andrew Dice Clay, richard Pryor, Adam Carolla, Ali Wong, Jeff Dunham, to name a few.

(covered in costume and persona will actually be James Adomian, Amber Nelson, Henry Zebrowski, Chris Thayer, Josh Androsky, Lydia Popovich, Jenny Zigrino, Nick Vatterott, Megan Keoster, Zach Broussard, Troy Walker, Adam Newman, Ed Salazar, Babs Gray, Ed Larson, Grant Lyon and many more)

You can buy tickets for $15 OR you can enter to win a pair of tickets from us here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

Emily Fleming as Lucille Ball (Photo by Kevin Riggins)

Hosts and creators Mark Normand and Matt Ruby (Photo by Mindy Tucker)

Josh Androsky as Larry the Cable Guy (Photo by Kevin Riggins)

October 19, 2017

anime, comedy shows, free comedy, free show, heather anne campbell, hollywood, improv, long form improv, los angeles, pack theater

Heather Anne Campbell, one of the funniest people around, carefully assembled team of great improvisers who also happen to enjoy anime for The Anime Show.

They will improvise an episode of anime that they have never seen. Sometimes, they are dead on and act out the episode as it actually plays out in the anime series.

In any case, it’s pretty damn fun and, because it’s at The Pack Theater, admission is pay what you can.

This latest edition of The Anime Show will happen on Saturday, October 21st at 10PM.

Please get more details here.

October 18, 2017

brendon walsh, comedy show, davey johnson, dj douggpound, free comedy, gelson's, johnny pemberton, los angeles, magic show, mystiki, neil hamburger, silverlake, stand up

Normally, a show like this would be in the walls of some hallowed indie music venue a la Neil Hamburger and Special Guests at The Satellite. However, next week, this wondrous line-up will brings some delightful mischief to the Gelson’s in Silver Lake.

Also, the show is free to attend. Get more details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 17, 2017

comedy shows, ebell theatre, los angeles, mike birbiglia, stand up, storytelling, wilshire

There are still tickets available for Mike Birbiglia’s two nights at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre next week. Very few are left for Thursday, Oct. 26th and a few more are left for Wednesday, Oct. 25th.

Please get them ASAP while they’re still around here and here respectively.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 16, 2017

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Oh yeah, we are releasing our very first compilation album Comedians of Interest Vol. 1 this Friday and throwing ourselves a 7th Anniversary Show/”Staff” Fundraiser on Sunday!

You can (and really should) pre-order the album here on AST Records and buy advance tickets for the show here.

October 16, 2017

comedy show, edinburgh fringe, experimental comedy, laid, los angeles, lyric hyperion, natalie palamides, silverlake, sketch comedy, solo show

After gaining international critical acclaim at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Natalie Palamides’ groundbreaking show returns home for another run at The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe.

Also, the show’s director (and Fringe Festival favorite), Dr. Brown, will attempt to perform the show. Show description reads (probably written by Natalie):
Dr. Brown has been developing this show with Natalie for over a year and knows the show like the back of his hand… SO HE THINKS. Come watch Dr. Brown crash and burn OR, more likely, blow the show so far out of the water that Natalie hands the role over to him forever. Following the show the audience is welcome to watch Natalie give notes on his performance.

Get tickets for LAID here and the Dr. Brown Edition here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com

October 15, 2017

comedy show, east hollywood, hollywood, ian abramson, jay larson, jermaine fowler, los angeles, los feliz, moshe kasher, natasha leggero, paul danke, sean patton, silverlake, stand up, the virgil, variety show

Not only is this a great week to be at The Virgil for both Hot Tub and The Super Serious Show, but we have free tickets for you to win for both shows!

Enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

Win Tickets to Neil Hamburger’s 10 Year Anniversary Show

October 13, 2017

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Undoubtedly, a 10 year celebration of Neil Hamburger’s residency (probably one of the longest comedy residencies, if not long artist residencies actively going in LA) will sell out.

We fortunately have a pair of tickets for you to win! Just enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

October 13, 2017

chicago, comedy show, experimental comedy, helltrap nightmare, horror comedy, jamie loftus, los angeles, sarah sherman, sarah squirm, silverlake, sketch, stand up

Though Halloween will be over, you can keep the spirit alive with Chicago’s own Helltrap Nightmare, a surrealist, horror comedy show (seemingly in the same oozing vein of The Heart, She Holler) coming to the Lyric Hyperion next month.

Also, it might be a perfect night for the show as it’ll be exactly a year to the day after, well, you know, the 2016 election was over.

The line-up includes:
-host Sarah Squirm, The Shrimp Boys, and Scott Egleston, all from Chicago
-Ruby McCollister from NYC
-LA’s own Jamie Loftus, Bruce Bundy, and Lyra Hill.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should, if you dare) get them here.

ATTN: Secret Test Screening for Lauren Lapkus and Nick Rutherford Feature Is Happening Today

October 12, 2017

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If you follow what we do here, odds are you love both Lauren Lapkus and Nick Rutherford. If not, spend a few minutes looking them up online (With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, Dream Corp LLC, etc.) and you’ll have yourself an objectively better day.

Anyhow, later today, there will be “secret” test screenings for this movie starring both Lauren and Nick (that Rutherford wrote FYI). The screenings will be at 6:30PM and 8:30PM in Burbank.

Admission, popcorn, and drinks are all free. All you have to do is RSVP at russell@ralphsmyth.com. Space is limited, so send your RSVP in ASAP.

October 11, 2017

anniversary, byron bowers, candice thompson, comedy show, donny divianian, dr brown, guy branum, james adomian, james fritz, los angeles, natalie palamides, nerdmelt, sketch comedy, stand up, the comedy bureau

Our 7th Anniversary show is next week! Yep, we’re almost 7 years old (and we actually remembered to do something to celebrate this time around!)

We added Talk Show the Game Show’s Guy Branum, James Adomian, who you might have seen wreak delightful havoc at LA Podcast Festival, and a flyer!

Also, we’ll be raffling some of those fancy enamel pins that are otherwise only available through Patreon and our brand new album from AST Records, Comedians of Interest Vol. 1.

Tickets are $10 if you get them in advance or $15 cash at the door.

October 11, 2017

comedy show, fairfax, hollywood improv, los angeles, melrose, number one, sean patton, stand up, weho

Sean Patton is one of those comedians that we would tell you to never miss if you have a chance to see them.

Next week, you’ll have a chance to see the show that he went to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival with at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab.

Tickets are only $5 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 10, 2017

comedy bang bang, dtla, earwolf, hollywood handbook, improv4humans, jason mantzoukas, jimmy pardo, june diane raphael, los angeles, paul scheer, podcast, scott aukerman, theater at ace hotel, who charted

If you had a hell of a great time at this past weekend’s LA Podcast Festival or missed out and regret doing so, you can look forward to this all day podcasting event, the Pee Cast Blast.

Some of the most beloved comedy podcasts from Earwolf will be doing a sort of one-day podcast festival at The Theater at the Ace Hotel in DTLA.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, Oct. 13th at 8AM, but you can check Scott Aukerman’s Tumblr for pre-sale throughout the week.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 8, 2017

brent mornin, burned material, comedy show, fahim anwar, hollywood, jay larson, los angeles, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, rory scovel, stand up

Well, if you love schadenfreude and stand-up comedy, it’s doesn’t get more schadenfreude-ish than having comedians watch their earliest sets with other comedians commenting on it and a crowd strangers watching the whole affair.

That’s exactly what Jay Larson’s Burned Material will be when it kicks off at the end of the month at Nerdmelt with fantastic comedians Rory Scovel, Fahim Anwar, Brent Morin.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 7, 2017

allison raskin, awesome foundation, brad morris, comedy show, hollywood, jamie denbo, los angeles, matt walsh, scot armstrong

Basically, this is probably somewhere between Comedy Bang! Bang! and Shark Tank that actually awards $1000 grants to one lucky entrepreneur.

More specifically:
The Awesome Foundation is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of awesomeness in the universe. The Foundation distributes a series of monthly $1,000 grants to projects and their creators. The money is pooled together from the coffers of our self-organizing “micro-trustees” and given upfront in cash, check, or gold doubloons (but never actually in gold doubloons).

Matt Walsh, Scot Armstrong, Andy Richter, Brad Morris, Allison Raskin, and Jamie Denbo will make up the special panel for this Awesome Foundation Comedy Show.

Tickets are $25 and you can (and should) get them here. Also, you can get a VIP ticket that includes a meet-and-greet with Matt Walsh and Scot Armstrong before the show and a premium seat for $200.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 5, 2017

abbi jacobson, comedy show, eliot glazer, los angeles, los feliz, musical comedy, silverlake, the virgil

Eliot Glazer returns with more of his Haunting Renditions (i.e. beautiful arrangements of the most overplayed, overhyped pop songs of yesteryear) later this month at The Virgil.

He’ll be having a very special guest in Abbi Jacobson (you know, from that one Broad City show) too.

Get your tickets as soon as you can here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Yes, We Are Turning 7 Years Old and (Remembered to Put On a Show to, You Know, Celebrate)

October 5, 2017

byron bowers, candice thompson, comedy show, donny divanian, dr brown, fundraiser, hollywood, jake kroeger, james fritz, los angeles, meltdown comics, moses storm, nerdmelt

Yes, The Comedy Bureau will have officially served the LA comedy scene for 7 years at the end of this month. That’s 56 years in dog years and (probably 70 in “bureau years”?)

This time, we actually took enough of a break to remind ourselves that we should put on a show (and actually try to make some money doing so).

As you can see from this scrawled upon napkin straight from the very desk of TCB itself, it ought to be a really good time. Also, there will be a raffle that includes fancy enamel pins, our album (more on that later), etc.

You can get tickets now for $10 or $15 cash at door. Get tickets, more details (that are more legible) here.

October 4, 2017

alison stevenson, casey ley, comedy show, danielle puterbaugh, free comedy, halloween comedy, los angeles, mo welch, ricky carmona, ryan singer, silverlake, stand up, the puterbaugh sisters, tiffany puterbaugh, witch

Entertaining Julia, the delightful monthly stand-up show from The Puterbaugh Sisters, is leaning into October and doing a special “Which Witch Is Which?” edition.

Basically, this very nice line-up:

Alison Stevenson
Mo Welch
Lydia Popovich
Candy Lawerence
Ryan Singer
Casey Ley
Alyssa Rusak
Lindsay Adams
Ricky Carmona

-will perform stand-up as if they are some sort of a witch this Sunday at Akbar in Silverlake. Sounds pretty damn fun (albeit a little spooky perhaps), no?

Get more details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.